Analysis of The Rose Of Peace

William Butler Yeats 1865 (Sandymount) – 1939 (Menton)



IF Michael, leader of God's host
When Heaven and Hell are met,
Looked down on you from Heaven's door-post
He would his deeds forget.
Brooding no more upon God's wars
In his divine homestead,
He would go weave out of the stars
A chaplet for your head.
And all folk seeing him bow down,
And white stars tell your praise,
Would come at last to God's great town,
Led on by gentle ways;
And God would bid His warfare cease,
Saying all things were well;
And softly make a rosy peace,
A peace of Heaven with Hell.


Scheme ABABCDEDFGFGHIHI
Poetic Form
Metre 11010111 1100111 111111011 111101 10110111 01011 11111101 01111 01110111 011111 11111111 111101 0111111 101101 01010101 0111011
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 499
Words 99
Sentences 4
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 16
Lines Amount 16
Letters per line (avg) 25
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 392
Words per stanza (avg) 97
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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William Butler Yeats

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